Bryan’s high school cross country teams competed in the Coldwater Lions Club Invitational held at Coldwater High School.
The boys opened the day with a runner-up finish behind only D3 state ranked #2 Versailles and just ahead of D4 state ranked #1 Columbus Grove and #2 Crestview. Top 20 medalists for the boys were John Deitemeyer in 7th, Colton Sheline 9th, Josiah Cummins 14th, and Malaki Neilson 18th. Khris Alspaugh had a great race for the Golden Bears while placing 5th for the team in 25th place. Cael Neilson and Nye Bradbee rounded out the top 7 for Bryan in 36th and 46th respectively. There were 22 teams and 277 runners in the boys race.
Other finishers for the Golden Bears were:
Josh Sampson 105th (18:47 PR)
Fred Parmer 108th (18:49 PR)
Ethan Bailey 109th
Leiv Keesbury 112th
Graham McCague 164th
Pedro Lugo-Ojeda 165th
Korbin Sammons 216th (21:26 PR)
Keaton Myers 225th
Nate Root 236th
Jesse Hand 238th (22:25 PR)
Gawyn Miller 252nd (23:31 PR)
The girls team placed 11th out of 21 teams. Nicolette Stickney won her third meet of the season while going wire to wire in a winning time of 19:14. Claire Thormeier placed 65th, Lila Brock 81st, Lily Pittman 109th, and A.J. Grant 112th to round out the top 5 girl scorers for the ladies. Adelyn Hake and Kassi McDade also competed for the Lady Bears, placing 167th and 173rd. There were 213 runners in the girls race.